On May 15th, Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO suffered nearly $600 million in losses from two DeFi attacks, leading to approximately $9 billion in funds flowing out of Aave and other platforms. TRM Labs states that suspected North Korean hacker groups are using AI to screen targets and design attack paths; Failsafe claims that AI has reduced vulnerability discovery time from several months to just a few hours. Research indicates that starting in 2025, AI could autonomously carry out most blockchain attacks, and Anthropic has not released Mythos but claims to have the ability to discover numerous zero-day vulnerabilities. Source: ODAILY

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2026-05-24 00:44:07

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AIMPACT News, May 15 (UTC+8), 2026, two major DeFi attack incidents involving Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO resulted in nearly $600 million in losses and triggered approximately $9 billion in fund outflows from protocols like Aave. TRM Labs investigator Nick Carlsen stated that hacker groups linked to North Korea are suspected to have used AI-assisted target screening and attack path design. Failsafe CEO Aneirin Flynn said that AI has compressed blockchain vulnerability discovery time from several months to days or even hours. Reports indicate that Anthropic has not fully released its AI model Mythos due to cybersecurity risks, and claims that the model has the capability to discover large-scale zero-day vulnerabilities. Their research shows that by 2025, more than half of blockchain attacks could theoretically be autonomously carried out by AI. (Source: ODAILY)

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Half-SectionSucculent

· 9h ago

TRM Labs’ report gave me chills. AI can screen targets several orders of magnitude faster than humans—how will small protocols survive in the future?

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ExitLiquidityIntern

· 10h ago

ODAILY's reporting is explosive in information, but the most terrifying thing is the four characters 'suspected North Korea,' as the state machinery has stepped in.

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ReminderOfWavesCrashingAgainst

· 10h ago

600 million dollars just gone like that? North Korean hackers are now using AI, and the competition in this field is insanely fierce.

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FrenBurner

· 10h ago

I used to think DeFi risks were smart contract bugs; now the opponents are AI + state-level hackers, and I can't afford to play.

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PixelUniverseCat

· 10h ago

9 billion in outflows shows the market is truly scared; even leading players like Aave can't withstand the panic.

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TheHotAirBalloonRisesAboveThe

· 10h ago

Did Kelp DAO and Drift encounter issues on the same day by coincidence or was it AI mass liquidation? Think about it carefully, it's terrifying.

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GateUser-ffe7bee5

· 10h ago

The 2025 AI autonomous attack blockchain, this timetable is more aggressive than I expected.

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